In just a few years of painting miniatures, Stephan "Derwish" Rath has become one of the top painters worldwide. When it comes to perfect execution, smooth blendings and intricate freehands, he is one of the best.

So it may seem surprising (especially after you see the banners he is painting!) that his first of a two-part DVD series is targeted at 'Beginner & Intermediate" levels. It is easy to think "I would never be able to do that!" when you see his works.

But you are able to do it - in fact, everyone can! Stephan has developed an easy to follow, step-by-step routine that does not even require you to be an artist or even artistically inclined.

Believe me, I personally can vouch for that! ;)

The Banner on the right, for example, is the beginner banner. Surprised? Wait till you try it for yourself!

The DVD set consists of 2 DVDs and will come in a beautiful Collector DVD Box. A booklet with banner designs and helpful tips & tricks completes this awesome set.

Season 1.3: Base Alchemy Volume 1: Earth

And since one awesome DVD can't come alone, we are equally proud to present our first volume of our "Base Alchemy" cycle - Earth.

"ベースの錬金術" (beesu no renkinjitsu or "Base Alchemy" will be a series of 5 DVD sets that provide in-depth coverage of these subjects: Earth - Water - Fire - Air and Iron.

The first volume, 'Earth' covers three different base-types: gaming bases (which easily could serve as show-bases as well!), insert bases (for army and unit displays) and an ultimate nature showbase.

You can follow along step-by-step, from planning and building all the way to painting your bases. And with Ben & Matt, entertainment is included at no extra charge ;)

The first volume will consist of 2 or 3 DVDs (that is not 100% clear yet) and will come in a beatifully designed DVD Collectors Box.

Better than Season 1.1?

If you are familiar with our Season 1.1 - Target Identified DVD set, you can imagine what kind of quality products we are in the process of designing with Season 1.2 and 1.3. We received rave reviews and hundreds of 'Thank you' mails from happy Bruddhas all over the Planet.

And we actually think, the next two DVD sets will even be better! On the one hand we have invested in some better sound equipment, microphones and monitoring equipment, on the other hand (as you can also see from our Adventskalender Videos), we have learned a lot about Adobe Premiere, After Effects & co.

Early Beard Special as our "Thank You" to our Supporters!

Over 1000 hours and filming, editing and post-production will finally culminate in beautifully designed, high-value DVD sets - with a retail of only 29€. And since we are just entering the pre-order process, we have introduced the Early BEARD Special!

Until December 31st, each DVD set is not 29€ but only 25€ - and if you go for theBundle deals, you can even save more money!

Delivery of the finished DVDs is currently scheduled for the end of February (+/- 2 weeks).

Need moar languages!

Seasons 1.2 and 1.3 will include the following subtitles: German, English, Spanish, Italian and French.

We also would like to include these languages: Polish, Swedish, Danish, Russian and Japanese, and we might need your help for other languages you might want. We will put up a separate post for this in the next couple of weeks.

That's all for now

So that's all for now - I am sure that you have a lot of questions. If possible, please ask them in the Youtube comments section - or below in the comments here. We will answer them in our next Q&A session!

Prize & Tile of the Day

The puzzle is almost complete. But believe me, sticking with it is worth it as the most juicy tiles are still to be revealed!

The next two letters of the key-phrase to the GRAND PRIZE are announced in the Video as per usual.

And since so many people seem to like our Painting Buddha Supporter T-Shirt giveaways, we will add two more to the pile. These will be the LAST Supporter T-Shirt giveaways EVER! ;)

The Ultimate Grand Prize!

And as promised - here is the Ultimate Grand Prize!

With the correct key-phrase you can win:

A three day private workshop for you and a friend at Painting Buddha HQ.

We will announce all the details in a separate video ;) Oh, yes, there are quite a few more perks to this giveaway - but I am sure you are not surprised about that ;)